Jojo
True or False: Jojo can hear the thoughts and feelings of animals
True!
“It was impossible to not hear the animals, because I looked at them and understood, instantly, and it was like looking at a sentence and understanding the words, all of it coming to me at once.” pg 15
Talk with your table: How does Jojo's spiritual connection with the animals affect his character throughout the novel? How does it make him different from other spiritually-gifted characters such as Leonie?
In the last scene of the book, Kayla sees the ghosts in the tree perched like this type of animal
What is a bird?
Richie sees this mythical, hybrid animal during his visions at Parchman
What is a Snake-Bird?
(Pg 134) Start at the top of 134 and read until
"... Into the whitewater torrent of the sky"
Talk with your table groups, what do you think the snake-bird represents?
Stag speaks with this animal regularly.
What is a dog?
This is the only animal capable of true flight
What are bats?
The book opens with Jojo attempting to prove his manhood by helping kill this animal.
What is a Goat?
This ghost appears part-human part-animal to Kayla
Who is Richie?
These animals ate Richie after Pop stabbed him
What are dogs?
This Character is stated to keep his animals "out in the open"
Who is Big Joseph?
This is the word for a female fox
What is a vixen?
The gris-gris bag that Pop gives Jojo before their road trip contains a tooth, a rock, and this animal-related object
What is a feather?
Leonie kills this animal by accident with a potion made for Kayla.
What is a cat?
(Pg 116)
Read this page and then discuss it with your group, what does it reveal about Leonie as a mother?
Fill in the blank for this Richie quote:
"There had always been bad blood between ____ and Black people: they were bred adversaries"
What are dogs?
Talk with your table, how is this relationship between dogs and black people shown in the book?
Michael is compared to this animal throughout the book to highlight his erratic, dangerous nature.
What is a dog? (Ex pg. 178)
This is the deadliest creature in the world
What is a mosquito?